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A visit to the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery (FG ID #2340231)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery

Lat:   46.4126°   (46° 24' 45")

Lon:   -96.7880°   (-96° 47' 16")

The cemetery is located in Richland County<3>.

As an estimate, the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Abercrombie.

The county seat for Richland County is located in Wahpeton. Wahpeton lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Galchutt
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Abercrombie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Colfax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dwight
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mooreton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Wolverton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Walcott
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
    • Walcott is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <7>
  • Christine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
    • Christine is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <7>
  • Wahpeton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahpeton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahpeton
    • Wahpeton is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,728 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahpeton <7>
  • Barney
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barney have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
    • Barney is located in Richland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barney <7>
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    • Breckenridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Great Bend
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
      • Great Bend is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Bend <7>
    • Oxbow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxbow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
      • Oxbow is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Comstock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Comstock is located in Clay County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
    • Wyndmere
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mantador
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantador have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantador
      • Mantador is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mantador <7>
    • Kindred
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
      • Kindred is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <7>
    • Barrie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Richland County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Abercrombie
  • Breckenridge
  • Christine
  • Kindred
    • Kindred lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kindred.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
  • Wahpeton
  • Walcott
    • Walcott lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Walcott.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
  • Wolverton
  • Wyndmere
    • Wyndmere lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wyndmere.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyndmere

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery:

Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Bethany Free Lutheran Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4126, Longitude: -96.7880    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Richland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.